South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-07
THEINTELLIGRNCER
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1887. ;
The Presidents Trip.


and . few persopsl friends the Presi.
dent Friday started on lis three
weeks tour in the West and South.
He left Washington on . special train
of the Pennsylvania Railroad at 10
A. -. This train 10 . marvel of taste.
ful elegance. and seem, 10 lack moth
ing which money could purchase or
human in ,enuity devise .ni construct
to make travelling comfortable. IL 10
easy. after examining it's superb ap-
pointments, to believe the statement
that no more onsuy combination OF
rolling stock. Or one hstter msriting
tho admiration bestowed upon II. was
ever coupled together. It's three Pull
man cars. the Alfaratta, Yelasco an
Pullman palsce car. are go connec. ed
as to form o.o continuous car, ira :.
versib'e from emf 20 end without
door or suffering ezpoeur
to the weather. Tue p ivaie quarters
of the President and Mrs Cleveland
will be in the Pullmi IN palace car
MIR. Pullman's private car-which
a parlor, bedroom. dressing
room and commodious "ubservato-
ry," the wallis Of the latter being al
most entirely Of plate glass. The
middle car is IN general features pat.
termed after the familiar Pullman
sleeper model, hut nnbodes in its do.
Tails all the later i'm provcments made
by Mr.. Pullman. The first car con-
tains the smoking.room. library, bar
hers shop and bathroom. The train
is fresh from the sbups. AID is newly
throughout in the riches,
Of velve,s. The panelings and nv.
ings Of oak, cherry ard maple are in
keeping with the rest. Bric a.brac,
terms and fo~ers la vases, and par
Tor organ are among the .nci len.n.s
Ut the trains furniture. Room is
found In corners, invisible To the pas
sengers, for an engine and dynamo,
which are to furnish electricity for
lighting the train and ringing its
bells, and for the cooking range and
eatlre cuff, of q FIRST GLASS Kitchen.
Blaine himself could not have ex-
c'ttd more enthusiasm under the same
than the Presiden: d 4
in passing thraugh Pennsylvania.
The run from Washington to Puts
burgh was made by eight o'clock.
At York aud Harrisburg vast Gro wds
were coilec.c d about the ssasIcrs anil
when tho special arrived md the
President appeared on the platform
OF the rear Car, the cheering was ire.
mendous, and people pressed forward
10 shake the Presidents h md by I he
tho usand. AT tie latter rlace, the
mayor OF the city and delegation OF
prominent citizens entered the Presi.
cents car TO pay their respects 10
him and Mrs. Cleveland; and when
the time allowed for stopping at tina,
point was NJ, The crowd around the
train Was 80 dense tn il wac impos.
sible for the mayor ard his party TO
leave the Car. Tue railroad people
solved the difficulty by starting The
train, capturing Mayor Filler and the
committee. The train stopped at the
edge OF tue town and they escaped.
The time when the train would pass
was known all along the line, aud ut
every station large numbers Of PEG.
pie hao gathered 10 see the Chief Ex.
.cuti"e VI the nation, and 90 bin
honor. But all these demonstrations,
though surprising us they did, the
expectations Of the most sanQuine OF
The presidential PARTY, sink into in.
significance when compared TO the
wild scenes OF confusion and excite-
ment that were witnessed when the
special pulled into the station at Al.
toona. As Tar rs could be seen from
the tram IN tue gathering darkness,
every inch of the immense station
platform, aud all tue open region
round about, were filled vita one
dense, how ing, swaying, pushing
mob, every IN Ilvldual VI which SEEM
ed bent upon being the first to reach
the Presidents car. Every tree, eve
ry lamp.post and telegraph role was
buraened with as great weight Of
humanity as it could possibly bear {;
the roofs OF the houses we're covered
viii people; they climbed upon top
oil The cars, and hung head down
wards to shake b, nds with the Presi.
dent through tho windows. Tue Pres
ident and his wife stepped out on the
s'a'iJD platform TO give the crowd a
better chance to- reach them but were
soon forced To retreal back TO their
car by tue pressure of the surgingJ
yelling masses, which not even the
clubs OF the police could keep back.
In three minutes the jam became so
fearful that several persons come
very pear being crushed to death
and bad not the train pulled out OF
the depot ahead Of time, 1: is thought
that serious loss Of life from this cause
would have resulted. When the ex-
citing episode was over the President
sail be had never had quite such an
experience before. and hoped he would
not havs to endure a repetition of i,
at any other point on his route.
There was not sgn OF intention nal
rudeness on the part OF the people
but the preparations Of the Altoona
authorities for preserving order were
evidently, entirely inadequate. The
Presidents reception at Pittsburgh
while not resembling q riot so muct
a A